Research
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New fossil primate found in West Texas
Take a closer look at a previously unknown species of fossil primate and a collection of images from the site where the fossil was found.
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Enhanced Electrical Energy Storage May Result from Research at The University of Texas at Austin
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering have created a new porous, three-dimensional carbon that can be used as a greatly enhanced supercapacitor, holding promise for energy storage in everything from energy grids and electric cars to consumer electronics.
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Black holes and starry skies
How do you measure a black hole? In this video Astronomy Professor Karl Gebhardt weighs in on the cosmic matter.
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LBJ School, Patient Privacy Rights Foundation Co-Host Washington, D.C. Summit on Health Privacy Rights
The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin and the Patient Privacy Rights Foundation will co-host the nation’s first public summit to discuss the future of health privacy in the digital age.
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TNG Pharmaceuticals Wins Global Venture Labs Investment Competition
TNG Pharmaceuticals, a team from the University of Louisville that developed a vaccine to prevent negative effects to cattle from the horn fly, won the Global Venture Labs Investment Competition (Global VLIC), hosted by Texas Venture Labs at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.
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University of Texas at Austin Researchers to Conduct Comprehensive Study of Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale Gas
A research team at The University of Texas at Austin will conduct a comprehensive review of the science, policy and environmental issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing of shale gas, it was announced today.
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The next big thing
The university has renewed its entrepreneurial spirit, creating an extensive support system for aspiring entrepreneurs. Read how founders of three companies used UT’s resources to start their new ventures.
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Four Planets Huddle Up Before Dawn Next Week
Four of the five planets visible to the unaided eye huddle quite close together in the pre-dawn sky next week, according to the editors of StarDate magazine.
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Scientists Afflict Computers with Schizophrenia to Better Understand the Human Brain
Computer networks that can’t forget fast enough can show symptoms of a kind of virtual schizophrenia, giving researchers further clues to the inner workings of schizophrenic brains, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and Yale University have found.
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Biomedical Engineering Professor Receives Nearly $1 Million for Cancer Research
Dr. John Zhang, assistant professor of biomedical engineering in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, has received nearly $1 million from the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) National Cancer Institute for his research on early detection of cancer.
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Drug Design, Environmental Sustainability, Oil Recovery Receive Private Grand Challenge Research Funds
Seven University of Texas at Austin researchers are confronting what the scientific community has defined as this century’s grand challenges in drug design, environmental sustainability and improved oil recovery using Moncrief Grand Challenge Faculty awards for 2011-12.
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What “Schoolhouse Rock” didn’t teach you
Project Vote Smart’s Key Votes program builds knowledge of the legislative process beyond the “Schoolhouse Rock” song on how a bill becomes law.
